The Little Daggett Chief. Workings is a iron mine located in Daggett county, Utah at an elevation of 6,811 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,811 Feet (2,076 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 40.94639, -109.75889
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Little Daggett Chief. Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Daggett Chief. Workings
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Daggett
District: Manila
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift
Type: L
Description: Near Vertical Beds - Monocline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization-Hematitization
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1 OR 2 TONS REMAIN IN VIEW
Comment (Production): PERHAPS - SMALL (1-2 TON) TEST LOTS
Comment (Workings): QUADRANGLE MAP INDICATES ADIT, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY SUBSEQUENT SURFACE WORK
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1964, MANGANESE IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURV. BULL 73 P 103-108
Reference (Deposit): RITZMA, H.R. 1959 GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO. UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURV BULL 66 P 93
Reference (Deposit): ANDERMAN, G.G. 1955, GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF THE NORTH FLANK OF THE UINTA MOUNTAINS: UNPUBL PH.D THESIS, PRINCETON UNIV.
Reference (Deposit): 1941 GEOLMAP DUNCAN AND BYER
Reference (Production): DOELLING, H.H., (1980) UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H.H., 1980 UT. GEOL. AND MINER SUR.
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